17 Mar Explain the adaptive role of pain. Describe the role pain plays in our daily lives. What do you think would happen if you could no
- Explain the adaptive role of pain. Describe the role pain plays in our daily lives. What do you think would happen if you could not sense pain?
- Is there a difference between the immediate pain signal and the signal that occurs after some injury? Explain. What causes each type of pain?
- Do you think that we seek to eliminate pain too often? Are there cases where experiencing prolonged pain can lead to an increase in pain sensitivity? Explain.
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Kathy Williams posted Mar 16, 2022 11:00 AM
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Pain is when a person suffers physically due to an injury or illness (Goldstein & Brockmole, 2016). To understand pain, we must understand the multimodal nature of the pain, as how people describe their pain, such as throbbing or dull pain, is the sensory component of pain, and pain that is described as annoying or frightful, are referred to as affective or emotional component of pain (Malzack, 1999). Chronic pain can hinder our daily activities, by making it very hard to complete tasks, can also make a person feel very isolated, and can become reliant on family and friends for help with activities (https://my.cleavlandclinic.org/health/diseases).
If we could not sense pain, we would become vulnerable, lifeless, and fearless, because pain protects us from danger, and makes us kinder to others ( https://www .scmp.com>yourvoice). Pain tells us that something is wrong with our bodies, and without feeling pain, we would have wounds, and broken bones, that we have no knowledge of ( https://www.quora.com/What-would-happen-if-humans-could-not-feel-pain).
Immediate pain is the first sharp pain that is felt when pain signals travel quickly down the delta fibres (nerve fibers), at the time of injury ( https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/a-delta-fiber ). Special pain receptors called nociceptors activates whenever there has been an injury (Goldstein & Brockmole, 2016). Acute pain does not persist until after the initial injury has healed, it is caused by things such as a broken bone, cuts or burns, it is a mild and temporary pain ( https://southernpainclinic.com/blog/the-difference-).
I believe that when it comes to pain, we do tend to try an eliminate pain to often, and too soon, by taking medications, instead of trying other techniques to relieve pain such as meditation or home remedies. Experiencing prolonged pain can lead to an increase in pain sensitivity (hyperalgesia), for example, taking higher doses of opioid drugs for pain, can lead to pain sensitivity, because of the pain a person experience can urge them to take higher doses, more frequently that necessary ( https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/what-is-hyperalgesia).
References:
Goldstein, E. B., & Brockmole, J. (2016). Sensation and Perception (10th Edition). Cengage Learning US. https://digitalbookshelf.southuniversity.edu/books/9781305888326
( https://www .scmp.com>yourvoice).
( https://my.cleavlandclinic.org/health/diseases).
( https://www.quora.com/What-would-happen-if-humans-could-not-feel-pain).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/a-delta-fiber )
( https://southernpainclinic.com/blog/the-difference-).
( https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/what-is-hyperalgesia).
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